William Draper (cricketer)

William Draper

Personal information
Full name	William Draper
Born	12 November 1848 Penshurst, Kent, England
Died	13 March 1919 (aged 70) Tunbridge Wells, England
Batting style	Left-hand batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm medium pace bowler
Relations	Henry Draper (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1874-1880	Kent
First-class debut	13 July 1874 Kent v Derbyshire
Last First-class	Kent v Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 9 Runs scored 108 Batting average 7.20 100s/50s / Top score 28 Balls bowled 769 Wickets 20 Bowling average 14.50 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match Best bowling 5-51 Catches/stumpings 3/-
Source: , February 2011

William Draper (12 November 1848 – 13 March 1919) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent from 1874 to 1880.

Draper was born at Penshurst, Kent, and was registered at birth under William Drapper. In 1872 he appeared for Colts of England and in 1873 represented a side comprising players engaged at Prince's Club. In 1874 he made his first class debut for Kent playing their first match against Derbyshire. It was in the second match of the 1874 season against Derbyshire that Draper achieved his best bowling performance of 5 for 51. He carried on playing for Kent until 1880. He also played for Hastings.

Draper was a left-hand batsman and played 17 innings in 9 first class matches with an average of 7.20 and a top score of 28. He was a right-arm medium pace bowler and took 20 first class wickets at an average of 38.45 and a best performance of 5 for 51.^[1]

Draper was a first-class umpire between 1887 and 1898. He died at Tunbridge Wells, Kent at the age of 70

References

1. William Draper at Cricket Archive